The thesis contributions include:

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	\item Optimization techniques for both pixel-based and voxel-based reconstruction on modern GPU architectures
	\item A novel method of doing real-time incremental reconstruction using GPU and CPU
	\item Thunder: Software for GPU-based ultrasound reconstruction and visualization
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		\item Fast reconstruction by VNN and PNN algorithms
		\item Incremental high quality real-time reconstruction
		\item Simultaneous visualization while reconstructing by both MPR slices and volume ray casting
		\item Multiplatform system using the new OpenCL architecture with performance results on the newest hardware architectures from NVIDIA and AMD
	\end{itemize}
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